Kainga, where Roses bloom, life is lived at a gentler pace.Living Simply, doing all those good things like stitching, gardening, cooking and reading.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tuesday's Treasures.

Hello and Welcome.

This week my little Treasure is a hand painted rose de-thorner. This was painted by the same lady who did the plaque for our home which shows up in my blog photo profile.

Truth be known I don't use them as much as I should but they are pretty. The rose in the photo is "Dapple Dawn" which is a English Rose which was previously known as a David Austin Rose.

Dapple Dawn is a sport of "Red Coat". It has large, single pink blooms with a paler centre and long yellow stamens which are lightly scented and is always in flower. I have three of them in a hedge like situation.

The book is about Trevor Griffiths a rosarian from New Zealand. A beautiful book with lots of history about his life and roses.

Once again one treasure has turned into more treasures.

Have a lovely day and make sure you find the other treasures on show this week at Melody's blog.

The de-thorner looks like a pretty heirloom. Do you really use it or do you keep and cherish it? I don't think I would use such a lovely tool.Your roses look amazing like always. You must have a wonderful garden.

I've never heard of a Rose dethorner either Bev - you are educating us in the ways of roses. They are beautiful and I've always admired your profile picture. Thanks for sharing your beautiful treasures.

Hi Bev,What a beautiful rose and love the color of it. The book of Trevor Griffiths sounds interesting and by the look of it, it may have some beautiful photos too. Happy reading and hope you are having a wonderful day. We are having beautiful weather here and just got my bell peppers into the ground. Blog soon.Blessing,Bobbie Lynn